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Exhibit 474

Report 1 of the 40th Statewide Investigating Grand Jury (interim, redacted)

Exhibit 474 ยท Grand jury report

Report 1 of the 40th Statewide Investigating Grand Jury (interim, redacted)

Over one thousand child victims were identifiable, from the church's own records.

Grand jury report on six of Pennsylvania's eight Catholic dioceses (Allentown, Erie, Greensburg, Harrisburg, Pittsburgh, Scranton) after 24 months and review of half a million pages of diocesan documents. Reports credible allegations against more than 300 priests and over 1,000 identifiable child victims; records FBI behavioral analysts' seven recurring diocesan practices; recommends removing the criminal statute of limitations, a two-year civil window and tighter mandated reporting. Released with names of challenging petitioners redacted by order of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. The PDF also carries diocesan and individual responses.

Source
Pennsylvania 40th Statewide Investigating Grand Jury; Office of Attorney General
Date
14 August 2018
Quoted from
Section I, Introduction, p. 1
Grade
Primary record
Document
http://media-downloads.pacourts.us/InterimRedactedReportandResponses.pdf
Accessed
2026-11-09
Cited by
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Cited by

Finding REL-3.3
Primary record A Pennsylvania grand jury report released on 14 August 2018, based on half a million pages of documents from six Catholic dioceses, found credible allegations against more than 300 priests and more than 1,000 identifiable child victims in the dioceses' own records. The report says FBI behavioral analysts identified seven practices that recurred in the files, and the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ordered the identities of 11 priests who challenged the report permanently redacted.